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B. P. HALLEGK.

PATTERN LINING.

No. 335,919. V Patented Feb. 9. 1886..

WITNESSES INVENTOB 7M BY l mgiiil Farsi smear RICHARD F. HALLEGK, OF NEl/V YORK, N. Y.

PATTERN- -LINING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 335,919, dated February 9. 1886.

Application filed December 12, 1884. Serial Nov 150,166.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, RICHARD F. HALLECK, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments to Pattern-Linings, of which the following is aspecification.

In place of paper patterns, there have re cently been introduced so-called patternlinings-that is to say, patterns cut from muslin or other fabric according to certain sizes-which patterns are fitted to the body, then used for cutting out the fabric from which ladies and childrens garments are made, and then embodied in the dress as a lining. The objection to these pattern-linings is that such linings are adapted only for a certain style of dress, and hence they cannot be carried in stock without loss in the same variety as the cheap paper patterns, so as to serve for the large number of different styles which ladies desire to use.

The object of this invention is to furnish an improved attachment to pattern linings, whereby the advantages of the paper patterns and the pattern-linings are to a great extent combined, and whereby any pattern-lining can be readily changed from one style to another and adapted to any fashionable style.

In the accompanying drawings, Figures 1 and 2 represent side elevations of a patternlining with my improved attachments used for cutting off from the pattern-lining, or for adding thereto, respectively. Figs. 1*, 2, and 2" are details of the paper attachments used, respectively, in Figs. 1 and 2; and Fig. 3 represents a pattern-lining as out out for use, with paper cutoffs attached thereto.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, A represents a patternlining, made of muslin or other suitable fabric, of a certain size, so as to be used for fitting and cutting ladies and childrens garments. These linings are produced in large quantities by superimposing a large number of layers of muslin and cutting out the lining by means of sharp knives, which are guided along a table having guide-slots for the re quired size of the pattern. The pattern-linings A thus obtained are sold and fitted to the body, and then employed for cutting the fab- (No model.)

rics for the dresses, after which they are used as linings for the same.

As only a limited number of sizes of pattern-linings are made up and kept in stock, owing to the value of the material employed, the use of the same is necessarily circumscribed. For the purpose of enlarging the use of the same, a series of sectional attachments, B B, made of paper, is supplied for each size of lining, which attachments are out according to the different styles and pinned or otherwise attached to the pattern-linings, or furnished loosely with the same.

For each size of lining separate attachments corresponding to the different styles that may be desired are furnished. The attachments B B consist either of patterns for making cut-offs from the pattern-linings or for adding to the same. In one case, for instance, the neck, sleeves, and lower part of the waist are cutoff, so as to produce a lining for a balldress, while by adding thereto the parts B B, as shown in Fig. 2, a polonaise or other similar garment is obtained. The paper patterns 13 B,which are thus used for cut-offs or additions to the pattern-linings,are adapted to the varying styles and the shapes and designs, so as to produce, in connection with the patternlining, any desired style in fashion. A large number of different styles can thus be produced, in connection with a comparatively small number of pattern-linings, by means of the paper attachments, whereby the application of pattern-linings is greatly enlarged and ladies enabled to adapt the pattern-linings to any suitable style suited to their tastes. The pattern-linings and their paper attachments can also be used for changing the styles of garments that have been worn, so as to adapt them to the latest fashions, and enable thereby ladies to wear their dresses longer than heretofore. They are also of advantage to manufacturers, who can thereby with Very little expense alter the styles of garments left in stock from previous seasons, so as to render them more salable.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent The combination, with a dress-lining com posed of cloth and constituting a pattern for a dress of a certain style, of pattern attach- ICO ments applied to said fining, and constituting,

in connection therewith, a dress-pattern of a ence of two subscribing witnesses. different style, substantially as described,

whereby the dress-lining may be altered at RICHARD HALLECK' 5 will froma dress-pattern of one style to a dress- Witnesses: pattern of another style. CARL KARP,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as SIDNEY MANN.

my invention I'have signed my name in pres- 

